Guest Commentaries

Depending on whom you talk to, we might see the new rules adopted in...

AM radio is perhaps the most challenged of broadcast services. Its vitality has been...

This labeling goes well beyond semantics. In the media world, perception can have strong...

Unitarians call their faith a religion, but their congregations often welcome atheists, agnostics and...

If a merger proceeds, maybe commercial radio groups should seek an immediate dramatic easing...

Radio must make the transition to a digital service, and at current power levels...

Now you can download each issue to your desktop or laptop. You can bookmark...

Radio should be using this time to make its own service more valuable to...

Most of the governments of the world the USG wants to reach are often...

First and foremost, a black cloud of uncertainty hanging over the satellite industry since...

Musings and mutterings, as I walked the floor of the NAB Show.

Overall, it has become clear to us that radio’s health and growth do not...

This book is appropriate for engineers as well as managers.

What a shame to not take advantage of the exceptional educational opportunities offered by...

Greetings from Radio World’s new home.

Although many commercial and larger non-commercial radio Webcasters cringe when they think of having...

As passionate participants in the radio and television industry, we are all under pressure...

As “new media” continue to proliferate, traditional radio broadcasting faces new competitive challenges.

On assignment for NRB Daily News, a sister publication to RW, I recently had...

The agency is seeking public input on unattended operations in its high-profile broadcast proceedings...

The Broadcast Board of Governors has done enough damage to the U.S. public diplomacy.

The Second Report and Order on a next-generation Emergency Alert System finally was published...

Broadcasters don’t want to pay more than they have to for content, so it’s...

Low-power FM stations fill a public service niche. As small, decidedly local stations, they...

Recently, the SBE sent out a press release announcing the renewal of its contract...

In recent years, local emergency management personnel have used radio and television broadcast stations,...

Imagine you’re the chief of a station in Madison, Wis. It’s summertime, peak tornado...

As a market chief engineer who has installed HD-R systems on two AMs and...

I made a series of short recordings at my cottage at Klinger Lake near...

Some people predicted an “IBOCalypse” when AM HD operations went full-time on Sept. 14....